The LivePlan Blog

You’ve built your business idea into a scalable, high-growth potential startup. You’ve demonstrated some initial traction in the marketplace, and now you’re seeking your first round of funding. Here’s what to include in your pitch to investors, and how to create a business plan that will help you get investment.

Your sales plan has to combine the humanity of selling with all the conveniences of modern technology. Here’s how to create a human-centered sales plan that will close more deals and empower your team.

Clients love small businesses because of the personal attention they receive from them. But the larger a company grows, the less personal relationships with customers become. Here’s how to keep the small business feel as your company continues to grow.

A good business dashboard (also called a “financial dashboard”) is important for growing businesses. A simple dashboard that you feel comfortable reading will help you keep an eye on several key metrics at once, so you can focus on steering your company effectively.

Net profit is the proverbial bottom line of your business. This guide will show you how to calculate your net profit, and what you should know about how it impacts your business overall.

Strategy is useless without tactics for execution. The plan was brilliant on the whiteboard, but never got to the real world. What happened? Don’t leave that whiteboard without developing key tactics.

We’ve just released some exciting updates to LivePlan that make it easier to create new financial forecasts. We’ve also given you a new option to forecast cost of goods sold and improved how we provide help.

LivePlan makes forecasting for your business easy. QuickBooks Online makes day-to-day accounting easy. If you combine these tools, you get something even better—the ability to see exactly how your business is performing against the goals set out in your forecast.

Is multitasking really beneficial to productivity? Common wisdom says so, but there’s a lot of research that suggests otherwise. Here’s why multitasking can actually make you less productive.

Your business will always have competition. But, don’t worry—that’s a good thing. Here’s how to use industry competition as a chance to grow and improve.